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  • 4:50 what song is this? my dad plays it all the time and i really love it. really nice playing by the way! great find!

  • @skaterocker666 neil young, the needle and the damage done, I think.

  • meant well built and pretty good

  • Love it, well and pretty good

  • Great find, america4hemp.

    But you should NOT try to tune it. Not until you send it to a qualified technician.

    Not to mention aplyin' that duct tape, of course. Show some respect for the guitar, man!

    Cheers!

  • OMG A GUITAR IN A COFFIN!!!

  • you should have played Holy Diver

  • i would love to see a video of this guitar restored if you chose to

  • Jack White called, he wants his guitar back

  • @isoptija lol, my first thought was "Jack White would love this!"

  • You sound like Red Green.

  • i would love to find some like that for a display piece! Not sure about duck type though...

  • NICE find! the square nail is on the one of two sides that are parallel, if you turn it 90 degrees it will have a slight angle which you can use to raise/lower the string height, depending on which direction you install it! Agree totally on the hemp! Also, who is that in the pic? Looks like family, good on ya bro, for sharing, thanks.

  • Lovely video.

    Cheers from Holland

  • Song 1 Black Dog, Song 2 Needle and the Damage Done, Ending up the irons for WEED!!!

  • I see Red Green is a luthier also and he used the handyman's helper to fix that there guitar.

  • wow cool finding that lol led zepplin was the first rock that guitars played i wouldnt of had it any other way either

  • If it has some history it could be worth a lot...if you hadn't duct taped it to hell :/

  • @TSuperfly  agree'd

  • @TSuperfly if he hadn't duck taped it it couldn't be played and guitars are made to be played no matter the age

  • men you look like bigshow

  • wtf's up with the duct tape?

  • its still singing :)

  • If you could have found a way to use some WD 40 on the guitar. what happens if you take the tape off... Hmmm....

  • Why no American rock??

  • What the hell.At least you've got some extra kindling.

  • im amazed that guitar can still be played. how great would that be if you could restore it to a decent condition.

  • he wants marijuana to be legal lol.

  • Sam thanks for filming this fun story. How can people have a dislike to this wonderful story you just told? It boggles my mind. Rock on my friend. Big thumbs up.

  • instruments always seem to have a story to be told, really cool find. and i know the facts, i drive a diesel truck five days a week, and its fairly infuriating knowing rudolph diesel did not at all intend my truck to run off of petroleum products.

  • so why did you put it away 75 years ago? xD

  • @UnirogA He didn't do it, he found it.

  • Guy found 125year old guitar...wants to bend :D

    Great man! Instruments like this will never die!

  • Hey, this could be a potential gold mine you got there, if you were to contact a company called "fretted americana"(they have thier own youtube channel with my all time favorite guitarist PHIL X!!!!) and tell them youve got a 125 year old guitar, they might buy it off you, i remember they had one with the "very first pick guard" and this guitar looks far older than the one they had, it could be thousands or hundreds of thousand dollars worth here! Or a peice of junk:P

  • This guitar looks just like a Lyon and Healy

  • It looks like an old W.B. Tilton guitar from the late 1800s. That is one of the oldest metal tailpieces ever made. Don't put heavy gauge strings on it--stay with the light gauge or even the 'silk and steel'strings. It has that true old "Delta" tone alright!

  • Very cool find man. Awesome guitar. If you decide to restore it you should post of video with the updates. Take care of that thing.

  • That room looks really creepy and depressing.

  • I think the telephone is also 125 years old.

  • I think the telephone is also 125 years old.

  • Square nails can be roughly dated. If it looks blacksmith hammered, 1700's. If machine stamped, and ridges where the nail tears away from the stock are on the same side of the nail, late 1800's. If the ridges are diagonally across from each other, because the stamping had to flip the stock with each cut, early 1800's. Just thought I'd toss this in!! (Not that the nail and the guitar are the same age)

  • ducktape kicks ass!

  • Great Find, and so what if others don't like what ya did with it....it's yours...rock on .

  • This is a great vid. I bet that was a decent guitar in it's day, but those years sure have been hard on it.

  • Well i'm sorry haters but the tape will come off idiots and guitars are ment to be played not become museum pieces its like all the hendrix guitars rich people have bought and none of them are being played they sit in a fucking bank vault like overpriced jewelry. Well done to this man.

  • This fucker should be burnt at the stake for what he did to that piece of history.

  • Cool old find man! i think it needs a little bit of intonation work- maybe a better bridge? and ya, i agree with you on the Hemp thing, it would make a HUGE diff in the economy! But, the current 'administration' does NOT WANT a good economy. They want U.S.A. to fall.

  • is that zeppelin  you are playing?

  • Sounds good after 100 yrs of being hidden away.I cant help but to wonder who made it,and who was the last person to play it.Nice post and thanks for sharing this cool piece of history,Cheers.

  • HOLY MOLY! That guitar is PRIMO!!  :)

  • Wow, cool find there. Despite coming apart at the seams and the duct tape, it sounds really good. I hope to see it when you get it restored.

    BTW, legalize hemp!

  • use cannabis!!!!!

  • @dramdan1 YES!

  • Lemmy Killmister! lol

  • The value of the guitar has dropped since the duct tape but I admire someone that doesn't give a fuck ^_^ This is an awesome video! That guitar was supposed to die a loooong time ago and you brought the ghost back to life. Not too many can say that!

  • ohh you dont put duck on a guitar dude tat might of been worth something

  • yeah this video hurts to watch......

  • "america 4 hemp" pretty much says it all.

  • this dude is a boss

  • Hey brother, make sure you post another video after you get this thing restored...if it's restorable.

  • its a frigin vampire coffin

  • Why do red-necks always use duck-tape? Try to use some WOOD-GLUE! That duck-tape ruins the whole guitar!

  • Lol I can just picture some old farmer sitting in a barn 100 years back playing some Hendrix on that guitar. Cheers brother!

  • so cool, thnx for sharing

  • GREAT FIND, AND GLAD THE GUITAR GOT SAVED. PLEASE TAKE IT TO SOMEONE THAT CAN RESTORE IT AND BRING BACK IT'S VOICE.

  • Don't ducktape the guitar, it'll kill the resonation.

  • people shouldn't be hating, guitars are built to be played 

  • oh my God!

    You Rock!!!

  • Interesting, but it doesn't really sound or look that good to me...

  • THAT'S TOMMY'S GUITAR :3

  • I watched the video with some interest. Not sure about this guitar. I'm a bibliophile and discovered long ago that just because a book is old does not necessarily make it valuable. Listening to the guitar...well, it lacks tone. I've heard hundred year old Martins that sound marvelous. The guitar in the video has lost its voice. Some advice. Take it to a luthier. Why is it that people insist on restoring things when they don't know what they're doing. Duct tape? Not a good idea, at all!

  • Raaaawwwwwr! Uhem,.. good job thanks.

  • Cool! Came across your vid researching Martin guitars. Yours is definitely one of my favorite youtube videos today.  You are an "American picker" and a cool dude! Rock on man and keep picking!

  • are you sure its 125 years old ?? It looks at least 400 yrs old - at least !!

  • Thanks for the video...don't restore it..likely more valuable as a history piece the way it is..again....thank you for sharing..

  • You are my hero. You think rock n roll. ...Kudos, sounds good.

  • Thank you for sharing this video with us, made my day.

    THANKS FROM AUSTRALIA

  • good job idiot , you destroyed a ultra vintage guitar.

  • That is really cool. You can bet your a** Jimmy Page and Neil Young would get a huge kick out of playing their riffs with you on that guitar.

  • Regardless of the duct tape, I'm still grateful we're now able to see (and hear) this amazing piece of history. It's his guitar, what he does is his business.

  • You can hide your weed inside that guitar.

  • will it blend?

  • Very cool. Thanks for sharing this video!

    peace!

  • that thing may actually be worth some serious money as a form of homemade retro instrument--antiques road show candidate--ha!

  • So what if he covers it in duct tape?  It's his guitar! Even if he fancied a camp fire using the guitar for fuel, well, that's his business.

  • This is awesome man, thanks for sharing. :D

    Although, I agree. Please take it to be restored.. Don't let it completely die! :P

  • jesus christ, its DUCT TAPE, not duck tape haha ;)

  • How old is the duck tape?

  • I own a guitar which maybe a cousin of this one. it was forgotten for seventy years, left to dry out. had some cracks, floating bridge was lost. but luckily it was found by somebody with a little more knowledge and respect for old instruments. now she lives again and plays pretty good rock'n roll!

  • I Wonder whats the price on that thing!?

  • Ouch it hurts, you can see the guitar warping under the string tension. I appreciate you showing this to us, but you shouldve got it repaired before sticking new strings on it!

  • Neat cool fine and swell, and thanks for sharing ... pay no attention to the idiots dissing you. You oughta be taking that groovy thing to antiques roadshow!!! Handmade stuff rules!!!

  • The first piece was Led Zeppelin's Black Dog.. sorta. If the guitar is really 125 years old the "ivory" might be eg. stuff called parkesine, inventor's name was Alexander Parkes, UK, came available after 1862.. or bakelite which came in early 1900 etc. I guess Dumbo's parents weren't harmed 'cause of this guitar..

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  • this is awesome dude!

  • wow i wish that came into my repair shop

  • Are you guys fucking kidding me? Most of these comments just go's to show how many ungrateful douchbags there really are in this world. Some cool obscure dude in the middle of nowhere decides to show us this ultra rare, epic barn guitar, and tapes it just so he can rock on it for us to enjoy, and you guys bash him for using tape instead of being greedy and taking it in etc. wow.. How about a fucking 'thank you!' ?? Thank you for doing this for us obscure dude!! This fucking rocks!!!

  • @4pples AGREED! And as far as the duct tape, it had FAR worse happen to it being neglected in an old barn for 75 years or more! Duct tape is NOTHING! ANY good luthier or even a good wood worker can fix that. That wood is far superior to most of the stuff they use today!

  • I'd love to restore that beautiful guitar for you. ou should contact me.

  • Dont duct tape it!! Take it in to figure out whether or not it should be rebuilt!!

  • Ahll gev yes mah sister fer thet geetarr boy.

  • If you do drugs you will probably screw up a beautiful pre war guitar........What were you thinking????

  • I think that duct tape is gonna fuck up the guitar and ruin it. Better to get it fixed by someone who knows how to do it right.

  • But he put f&@king duck tape on it!! Great way to devalue the guitar in 5 minutes or less!! Take it to a luthier before you start showing it off on YouTube, you dumbass!!! Any other musician out there as enraged as I am?? It hurts. It literally hurts me.

  • @doenutz37 lololol devalue what? its not like the thing doesn't need a complete rebuild... Duck tape doesn't devaluate it in anyway since it already has no value other than historic... People that take music too seriously are idiots... Get a grip... Music is supposed to be fun and healing... Not a bunch of wannabes who believe they are superior even though they never got ahead in music... Jimmy Hendrix smashed guitars along with a few others... and no I do not worship any players period...

  • @doenutz37 fuk you fag...this is his and he can do what ever he wants...

    you nazi commies should fuck off.

  • @doenutz37 amazing guitar, but my jaw dropped when he showed the back. Duct tape is not rock n' roll.

  • @doenutz37 Look man, go to hell, ok? The man just wanted to show a 125 years old guitar and play a it for us. So don't come here being an asshole trying to point out that you are enraged over this video because you're a musician, because nobody gives a crap

  • @doenutz37 oh quit your whining

  • @doenutz37 Leave him alone this beauty's an allstar

  • @doenutz37 No, no I am not! 75 years in a barn? I know for a fact that is much harder on wood than a little adhesive residue. just the age of the wood coupled with it's remarkably good condition tells me that wood is far superior to most of what you and I play on.Even a careful novice wood worker can make that wood look like the guitar was built yesterday, with relative ease.Should he take it to a Luthier? Sure. But what if YOU found it WITH duct tape, would you throw it away?

  • @doenutz37 Shut up idiot.

  • @doenutz37 You know the duct tape may do it's own fair share of damage, but it's also a right handed guitar, and he put the strings in for a lefty. So not only has this old guitar not been used to having new strings on it, their in the opposite order putting pressure on the neck in a way it's definitely not used to. Either way it was going to be mashed so at least it's just not being properly taken care of instead of turned to dust?

  • @doenutz37 you are a fucking moron. you should know that. this guy can rock harder than you ever will cunt.

  • Nice guitar! Please take it to a luthier to be rebuilt.

  • duct tape??? to a rosewood guitar???? this pot head is gonna cost the music commuity a phenomial instrament...how sad

  • Duct tape. Sigh.

  • maybe you could teach rock and roll to your butt

  • The Red Green of old guitars. Just a little duct tape and some bailing wire and it'll be as good as new.. Just don't do the dope dude. It will fry your brain.

  • screw this weed guy

  • badass bro !!!

  • Has that got a solid spruce top and rosewood back and sides? If it has PLEASE take it to a luthier and get it refurbished - it'd be gorgeous! Where is it now?

  • DUCK TAPE!!! YOUR A OLD FOOL

  • dude when u played zepplin on that thing i almost pissed my pants!!!! hahaha

  • i tot he was 125

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  • @tech271 Actally it is a steel-string. See the tailpiece?? try getting nylon strings on that. Also, no nylon string guitars come with a pickguard.

  • @tech271 Not much nylon around 125 years ago...

  • hey man you're picking with thye wrong hand

  • i am speechless

  • Sir i would like to buy it,whats the price?

    if you are interested in selling e-mail me please

  • It's not a home made guitar and it's NOT 125 years old. Why not just say it's 500 years old?

  • i hope that guitar is over 18 

  • The damage is done...LMFAO

  • its not a virgin any more

  • The leaning neck of Tunenah HA! you are trippin' Thanks for this!

  • Here mate, I would either put that on ebay or pay to have it restored. Looks like a 1910's or 20's grand concert Stella. It is worth a lot even as it stands.

  • it sounds fucking awesome

    but, you gaffa taped a 125 year old guitar, dayum

  • Amen! There is a guitar museum with an empty stand missing a guitar, and it looks like you got it. Anyone ever tell you you sound like that comedian Red-what's his name?  Yep, she is restorable, but it will take some tedious work.

  • Nice save. That's a cool guitar. Yes cannabis should be legal. You can make stuff with it, like clothing, paper, and shelter. ....and oh yea, you can get stoned to the bejeesus on it!!.

  • @autocrow ...yeah, why in the heck did they ever illegalize it anyway? Hemp has got to be one of the most useful plant there is, besides cotton and wheat.

  • That guitar is not fixable... it sounds horrendous. It isn't worth the duct tape you put on it. But... it's old and, thus, an antic. So you could clean it up and keep it as a ornament.

    And Yes! Definitely Cannabis should be legal.

  • @bluesgurugod Strings are probably ratty. Haven't been replaced in years, I'll bet.

  • just about everything causes cancer so you might as well get high while you can

  • You should take it to a professional and to fix it the right way.

  • I enjoyed the video about the guitar, but dude, a scientific study last year proved that pot has more carcinagens than tobacco. Not good for your health. Because it is illegal, most people don't smoke enough to matter, but if we made it legal, then it would quickly become the leading cause of cancer. It is not a cure.

  • @nancejo What study was that?

  • @achonies - It was in the news last year. I don't recall the study, but I did google this URL from Harvard.

    cyber.law.harvard.edu/evidence­99/marijuana/Health_1.html

  • @achonies Here's another URL

    sarnia.com/groups/antidrug/arg­ument/myths.html

  • Awesome.

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  • " well built pretty good" .. Wow. English language fail.

  • "put duct tape on it"

    americans.

  • Martin?

  • You;d have to be really baked to think this would ever be anything but a wall hanger.

  • Careful With the Duck Tape IF you come to restore it! A Lovely lovely Guitar. Stay's in Tune Better than Most Thai Made Nylon's haha!!! Ima Subscribe to you'r channel.

  • duct tape is really useful huh?

  • i think you don`t know what you are talking about and the only patina that matters is the patina on your ass. shoprag001

  • Poor old thing! Now it has been played, best to get to work restoring it properly.

  • You put a DUCT TAPE on it???

  • omstars why the heck would you put all that tape on it.

  • Older than your grandma, and your grandma's grandma, and your grandma's grandma's grandma's. Wish I had something like that.

  • Oh, also, you had a great message in the description, but your behavior in the video sure as hell didn't do much to support it....

  • Oh my god, you duct taped and steel strung a potential treasure.... Another one bites the dust.

  • steel strung guitars didn't exist 125 years ago. why would you duct tape this? what a moron. do you have any common sense? the neck marks on the back are from thumb nails. not a chisel. -_-

  • Don't do drugs kids.

    

  • @benm4124 ahaaaaaaaaa ah

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  • wow. not only does hemp 'end world suffering', it helps you fix old guitars too.

    Great job.....not!

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